Welcome to the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD program's centralized student resources page designed to provide you with ready access to any and every support system for your personal and professional training needs. As always, please contact the MD-PhD office for any further information or guidance!

Student Advising and Support Resources

Internal Website for Current MD-PhD students

Harvard Medical School (HMS) Resources

Academic & Student Affairs, Office of Learning Resources and Support (OLRS), (including mental health and wellness)

HMS Office of Learning Resources and Support

Regina Mitchell, MD, Director of Office of Advising Resources, Office of Learning Resources and Support (OLRS), Harvard Medical School
Phone: (617) 432-2653
Email: regina_mitchell@hms.harvard.edu

HMS Student Affairs
HMS/HSDM Peer Point
HMS Health Wellbeing and Safety

Career Services & Professional Development

Career & Professional Development Navigator
HMS Career Advising
Writing Support Services

Conflict Resolution

Harvard Medical School Ombuds Office

Disability Services

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:

In compliance with Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, as well as applicable state regulations and federal and state privacy laws, the Harvard MD-PhD Program is committed to providing accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

HMS Disability Services

Timothy Rogers, Director of Disability Services at HMS & HSDM
Disability Services Office
Harvard Medical School, TMEC 347
Email: timothy_rogers@hms.harvard.edu

Culture and Community Offices

HMS Office for Culture and Community Engagement
HMS/HDMS Joint Committee on the Status of Women

 

MD Student Handbook

MD Student Handbook

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Resources

Office of Student Services (including mental health & wellness)

Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities (CSNDR)

Danielle Farrell, Title IX Resource Coordinator for Staff, Faculty, and Researchers
telephone: 617-495-5005
e-mail:stuserv@fas.harvard.edu
https://gsas.harvard.edu/student-life/resources

Career Services & Professional Development

Office of Career Services - GSAS

Harvard University (HU) Resources

Mental Health & Wellness

Center for Wellness and Health Promotion
HUHS Student Mental Health Services
Share Team (Sexual Assault and Prevention)

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Resources

(note: for HST MD and MIT PhD students only)

Academic & Student Affairs (including mental health & wellness)

MIT OFFICE of the Dean for Graduate Education - Help and Advising Resources
Office of Graduate Education
telephone: 617-253-4860
e-mail:gradsupport@mit.edu
https://oge.mit.edu/development/gradsupport/other-resources/

Disability and Access Services

Disability and Access Services

Career Services & Professional Development

MIT Career Advising and Professional Development

Other Resources

Career Services & Professional Development

AAAS's My Individual Development Plan
ImaginePhD (for humanities and social sciences)

Residency Resources

AAMC CIM Website
AAMC Residency Explorer (AAMC ID Required)
AAMC Residency Website
ABIM Careers in Basic Science or Clinical Research
ACGME Website
ACGME Institution and Program Finder
AMA's FREIDA Search Engine
APSA American Physician Scientist
MD-PhD Program Internal Website - Research Residency and Post Grad Opportunities
NIH Clinical Elective Programs
NIH Postdoctoral Research Training Awards
NIH Resident Elective Program

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Here is some thoughtful advice from former graduates of our Program: 
"Risk and Return for the Clinician-Investigator" S. E. Henrickson, D. Altshuler, Sci. Transl. Med. 4, 135cm6 (2012)

"Knocking on opportunity's door", D. Shao. Science (2016)